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Heterotrophic, Planktonic Bacteria and Cycling of Phosphorus

Phosphorus Requirements, Competitive Ability, and Food Web Interactions

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Advances in Microbial Ecology

Part of the book series: Advances in Microbial Ecology ((AMIE,volume 16))

Abstract

As early as 1956, Rigler reported that heterotrophic bacteria were responsible for a large share of the uptake of inorganic phosphorus (P) in Toussant Lake (Rigler, 1956). Tracer experiments revealed that the bacteria sequestered two thirds of the phosphate, and Rigler stated that

if they [bacteria] take up small increments of phosphorus received from inflowing water or from marginal vegetation, [bacteria] may compete with algae for this essential element.… If, in this process, they utilize inorganic phosphate, they would reduce the amount of phosphate available to algae and thus reduce the amount of organic matter produced by algae, (p. 560)

I would rather discover a causal relationship than become King of Persia —Democritus (460?–357? BC)

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